TOO CLEVER WOMEN.

Dunstan Times, Issue 3378, 13 June 1927, Page 8

TOO CLEVER WOMEN.

(By Olga Lindo.) We women are rather proud of ourselves to-day. I don’t mean exactly in a conceited way, but this new freedom has been so Jong coming that —well, it’s worth talking about our prowess. It’s natural that we should lie pleased with our progress in sport, with our arts, with our conquests in commercial ,careers, but are we really wise in ap- ' pearing so clever ? I believe it is tending to make many girls less\marriageable. And for all our emancipation I think marriage is still the instinctive desire of every sane girl. Modern women are capable of making marriage a wonderful partnership, instead of the old lean-aml-support affair. But it’s possible to be such a Sporting partner that it never occursto a man to marry you! Men enjoy the sharing of games and recreations, but some women seem so clever as to suggest eyen superiority, and that will never do in fields that man lias claimed as his own lor centuries. A man will admire a girl’s good tennis, but he likes to beat her all the same, There is .always a. satisfaction in superiority, and a woman has her own unchallenged opportunities without being too clever for men. I think that, so far as marriage goes, the dinging type of woman will Mwa/S claim preference. Man docs so love t., feel his sense of protection ui !. - physical advantages. Marriageable women must never forget that. Girls capable at sports will make capable wives, for no one likes a slovenly home, but' how is a man to know they want a home at all? Some girls (ill the picture with outside activities, and man accepts what they show him. Not long ago women were obliged to get married to count at all. Those left were regarded with sympathy and treated as harmless pets belonging to the house. The girls of those days set out to get married, but they saw to it that they were sought after. We, with all our cleverness, sometimes forget that men has always chosen to seek out, pursue, and win that which he would value most. There lias been no alteration or emancipation in manhood. The emulation of mannish manners and modes is to be watched carol ally by girls who do not wish to bo clover spinsters. ' Our new-found freedom] will go further before the pendulum swings back. But the best men will not admire these imitations, at least not In prospective wives. Yes, there is a Vhry real danger today in eminently eligible girls appearing ton clover, if they seek an outlet for their undoubted abilities, let them set out to teach man Mint what he | really needs is a capable partner, not i just a clinging companion. Then let j him see that the modern girl can meet | bis needs best of all. I am certain | that she can. ]